EU speech from our Prime Minister; David Cameron: I’m ready to lead Britain out of Europe if migrant reforms fail. This morning the Prime Minister will give a speech saying he will negotiate a cut to EU migration and make welfare reform an absolute requirement in renegotiation. In his speech, the Prime Minister will outline how he plans to cut net migration from the European Union and to deliver the control that British people want. The Prime Minister will set out a package of measures that will remove the financial incentives that attract migrants to Britain. The reforms will mean that in future: EU workers will: · not get in work benefits until they have been in the UK for 4 years; · not get social housing until they have been here for 4 years; and · not get child benefits and tax credits for children living elsewhere in Europe no matter how long they have paid taxes in the UK. EU jobseekers will: · not be supported by UK taxpayers; and · be removed if they are not in a job within six months. · Together with other measures, this will deliver the toughest system on welfare for EU migrants anywhere in Europe. · Abolishing the system where EU migrants can bring family members from outside the EU without any restrictions. · Tougher and longer re-entry bans for rough sleepers, beggars and fraudsters. · Stronger arrangements for deporting EU criminals and stopping them coming back. · No access to labour market for nationals of new Member States joining the EU until their economies have converged more closely with current members. They will return free movement to a more sensible basis – the position before a European Court judgement in 1991 when Member States had the right to expect workers to have a job offer before they arrived - and a return to rules put in place by Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s. The Prime Minister will make clear that securing changes to welfare in order to cut EU migration will be an absolute requirement in the renegotiation. Renegotiation first and then an in/out Referendum in 2017 to let our British people decide if they want to be part of the EU. telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/11259473/David-Cameron-Im-ready-to-lead-Britain-out-of-Europe-if-migrant-reforms-fail.html
Posted on: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 08:40:44 +0000
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